The people around Fernando all rushed forward, save Sukey, who came to his friend and, seeing that he was unhurt, began a mild reproof: "Why didn't you aim higher, Fernando?" Terrence came back a moment later and, bursting into laughter, said: "Begorra!

"No political necessity compelled modern Carthage to declare war on us, but merely the avowed aim to do a good piece of business by the war.

But is there reason to suppose that, from that moment, German policy was definitely aiming at empire, and was prepared to provoke war to achieve it?

" Her intimate knowledge of Scripture, her sound common-sense kept her from falling into many of the errors into which some who have aimed high in holy things have fallen.

But, however on many points we may see reason to agree with Mr. Froude's estimate of the superior wisdom of Fitzgibbon, we conceive that this opinion is quite consistent with our acquittal of the other of the meanness of deliberately aiming at a continuance of evils, in order to find in them food for a continuance of agitation.

As we went, the French sprang to arms and gave us a volley, but it was badly aimed in their excitement and so did little damage.

Anne brought to her work on the land a thoroughness that aimed continually at perfection.

While France aims solely at crushing Germany by an aggressive war, Russia from the first has more defensive schemes in view.

Lots were again drawn for the first shot, and it fell to Dick, who immediately stepped out, aimed somewhat hastily, and fired.

They did not consciously and primarily aim, as did their British rivals, at the destruction of the enemy's fleet.

He thought that when the legislature no longer represented a class interest, it would aim at the general interest, honestly and with adequate wisdom; since the people would be sufficiently under the guidance of educated intelligence, to make in general a good choice of persons to represent them, and having done so, to leave to those whom they had chosen a liberal discretion.

The third law of Saturninus was a Lex de Majestate, a law by which anyone could be prosecuted for treason against the State, and which was not improbably aimed specially at Caepio, who was impeached under it.

And because it is not only rhythm which makes a speech rhythmical, but since that effect is produced also by the arrangement of the words, and by a kind of neatness, as has been said before, it may be understood by the arrangement when words are so placed that rhythm does not appear to have been purposely aimed at, but to have resulted naturally, as it is said by Crassus: "Nam ubi libido dominatur innocentiae leve praesidium est.

"Life's Progress through the Passions: or, the Adventures of Natura" avowedly aims to trace the workings of human emotion.

From the above table you will see that if you will raise your sight 50 yards and move the wind gauge half a point to the left the rifle will be sighted so that if you aim correctly the bullets will hit well inside the bull's eye.

He makes it the whole bent of his endeavours to wring sufficient means from his wretched father, to put him in the courtiers' cut; at which he earnestly aims, but so unluckily, that he still lights short a suit.

Quintilian comments on this; for it seems to aim almost exclusively at gratifying its hearers, in this respect resembling poetry, which to Quintilian, seems to have no visible aim but pleasure.

You somehow felt that each of the other Potters had one aim, and that Frank had, or, anyhow, felt that he ought to have, another besides, however feebly he aimed at it.

I cannot hesitate to believe, that such as enter on the examination of its claims to public favour, without bias, will find that it aims intelligently, not only at the promotion of the interests of the slave, but of the master,not only at the re-animation of the Republican principles of our Constitution, but at the establishment of the Union on an enduring basis.

The lance of the Swiss glanced from the helmet of the Englishman, against which it was addressed, while the spear of Arthur, directed right against the centre of his adversary's body, was so justly aimed, and so truly seconded by the full fury of the career, as to pierce, not only the shield which hung round the ill-fated warrior's neck, but a breastplate, and a shirt of mail which he wore beneath it.

Perhaps he felt the necessity of contending with Cyrus before that warrior's victories and prestige should become overwhelming, for the Persian monarch obviously aimed at absorbing all Asia in his empire; at any rate, when informed by the oracle at Delphi that if he fought with the Persians he would destroy a mighty empire, Croesus interpreted the response in his own favor.

And, indeed, it was not aimed at him personally, nor at his wife personally, but at the great mass of thoughtor of incoherent, muddled emotion that passed for thoughtwhich the Anti-Potters had agreed, for brevity's sake, to call 'Potterism.'

She had more accurately aimed and nicely balanced work to do than even Commodus could do with javelins against a living target.

If they wish to give the face expression, though they seldom aim so high, all they can compass is a passing emotion; and one sitter goes down to posterity with an eternal frown, another with an eternal smile.

It is time to take business out of politics, and keep it outtime for the political activity of this Nation to be aimed squarely at the welfare of all of us, and squarely away from the excessive profits of a few of us.